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| | | (...) I dug out a flat hobby file from the set I use for taking the flashing off of table top figurines to get rid of that tab, myself. It took some time and requires a bit of attention to prevent going too far or accidentally filing the 'front' (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Body Armor —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) I found using files on flashing was slower than that #11 blade - use it enough and you develop a good touch. I know the popular thing is to refer to the dragon helmet as "Roman" (oddly, the Roman Gallic style is what comes to mind, but they (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Body Armor —Joel Jacobsen
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| | | | In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: [ker-snip!] (...) Hehe - it might be - if one possessed more manual dexterity and didn't know that any knives (Hobby, pocket, butter...) held in their hands quickly develop a taste for the wielder's blood (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Safety Glove —Lester Witter
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| | | | (...) A post mentioned the problem of cutting youself with an hobby knife while doing fine work on minifigs accessorites. There are kevlar (SP?) gloves specifically made to protect the hands in these situations. They are marketed to wood carvers and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: Safety Glove —Joel Jacobsen
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| | | | In lugnet.castle, Lester Witter writes: [snipped] (...) [snipped] (...) Hmm. That's a good idea, actually. I'm generally pretty careful but every once in a while I just point the business end the wrong way and away she goes. I'll have to look into (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: Safety Glove —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | (...) Shouldn't castle people be wearing gauntlets? ;^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: Safety Glove —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) goes. (...) You can get modern-equivalent-of "chain mail" gauntlets - they are used by slaughterhouse workers. Those should be suitable :-) Kevin (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | | Re: Safety Glove —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Yowza! They're pricey, though, if you're only going to use them for protected LEGO use. In addition, of course, they'd provide no protection against the tapered Xacto point! Dave! (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Safety Glove —Ran Talbott
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| | | | | | (...) I've seen butchers wearing them, too. Theirs might be lighter and cheaper, since they only have to protect against knives and slicers, not axes and chainsaws ;-) (...) Not for punctures, true. But they could prevent really nasty stuff like (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: Safety Glove —Joel Jacobsen
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| | | | (...) *bada BOOM* Wasn't it enough that you corrupted .space and doomed us all to expanding waistlines with your Space Donut Shop? (mmm...dooonuts..) Now you have to harass .castle, too?? Go eat your donuts or something. Hehe. ;P~ Joel (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: Safety Glove —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | Just wait 'til I get the time machine up and running. I'll have a medieval donut shop set up in no time. ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: Safety Glove —Joel Jacobsen
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| | | | (...) Ye gods! You just had to prove you were demon spawn, didn't you.. now my knights shall have to ignore yon-evil-bad-guy and go after the Demon-Spawn known only as "Muffin Head"....all 15 of them. oi... Joel Ya know I'm fat, I'm huge!Really (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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